Cave City vs Highland

A side-by-side comparison of Cave City and Highland: population, income, housing, and more.

Cave City and Highland are places in Arkansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Cave City has the higher population (1,930 vs 1,124 in Highland). Highland has the higher median household income ($51,250 vs $41,250 in Cave City). Cave City has the higher median home value ($119,900 vs $103,400 in Highland).

Population, income & housing

	Cave City	Highland
Population	1,930	1,124
Median age	37.8 yrs	41.8 yrs
Median household income	$41,250	$51,250
Median home value	$119,900	$103,400
Median gross rent	$636	$706
Housing units	914	492
Homeownership rate	57.2%	93.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.7%	9.8%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cave City	Highland
Population	2,242 → 1,930 (-13.9%)	1,092 → 1,124 (+2.9%)
Median household income	$32,736 → $41,250 (+26.0%)	$41,953 → $51,250 (+22.2%)
Median home value	$71,400 → $119,900 (+67.9%)	$94,300 → $103,400 (+9.7%)
Median gross rent	$542 → $636 (+17.3%)	$613 → $706 (+15.2%)

Cave City

Population

2,2421,930

Median household income

$32,736$41,250

Median home value

$71,400$119,900

Median gross rent

$542$636

Highland

Population

1,0921,124

Median household income

$41,953$51,250

Median home value

$94,300$103,400

Median gross rent

$613$706

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cave City	Highland
Under 5	6.9%	4.2%
5 to 17	23.0%	22.5%
18 to 24	6.5%	6.9%
25 to 34	7.8%	5.4%
35 to 44	16.2%	15.2%
45 to 54	5.9%	12.3%
55 to 64	13.2%	11.2%
65 to 74	13.6%	13.4%
75 and over	7.0%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cave City	Highland
White (non-Hispanic)	92.4%	74.8%
Black or African American	2.6%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	21.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cave City	Highland
No high school diploma	20.6%	10.2%
High school graduate	41.9%	47.2%
Some college or associate's	26.8%	32.8%
Bachelor's degree	6.3%	5.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cave City	Highland
Drove alone	80.8%	76.3%
Carpooled	15.7%	17.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.7%	5.3%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cave City	Highland
1-unit, detached	71.4%	82.5%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	9.1%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	5.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.2%	15.9%

Poverty & households

	Cave City	Highland
Poverty rate	20.9%	14.0%
Average household size	2.57	3.05
Mean commute (minutes)	20	20
Median year structure built	1980	1978